Our Sponsors

First Nations Health Authority – FNHA

https://www.fnha.ca

Winter wellness grant – to provide food fish and crab for our community
Indigenous day wellness grant – We made stencil t-shirts with community members at our Marina and shared a meal of Burgers and hot dogs.
Indigenous Overdose awareness grant – bringing in Shaker service to provide cleansing
Winter wellness 24/25 – provide food hampers for community

FNHA has been with the Stewards of Sc’ianew since our conception in 2021 and fully support wellness projects within our community that lead to more meaningful relationships being built through food security and gatherings of our members.We truly appreciate the chance to bring our community together throughout the year thanks to FNHA funding we are able too!

Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council -ISPARC

https://isparc.ca/

Food Systems Program/Learning Together, Growing Together – to provide food fish/vegetables/fruit trees and shrubs for community
FSP Infrastructure and Equipment grant –To build greenhouses for community members and provide soil and veggies

(Board member/Knowledge holder Alfred peters attended ISPARC gathering February 2024)

The ongoing support from ISPARC allows us to provide nutritional foods for our members on a regular basis, and allows us to provide the necessary means for members to grow their own food while learning how to grow and maintain these gardens. Thank you to the ISPARC team for believing in our vision!

CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL HUMAN RESOURCE COUNCIL (CAHRC-CCRHA)

https://cahrc-ccrha.ca

Funding was used to train 9 to 14 year old students how to build greenhouse boxes, which they then delivered, filled with soil and planted vegetable starts for 15 community members homes.

They were also given training on how to plant trees, maintenance for garden and trees on our society lands

Through this funding we are able to now move onto bigger projects and have members trained to do bigger projects if agricultural work, giving us the ability to grow our own food, in our own yards.

Toyota Seed Grant /Pollinator Partnership’s seed grant

https://pollinator.org

Provided us with a gift card for Satinflower Nurseries worth $1,350 CAD that will go toward the purchase of pollinator seeds that will cover at minimum 10 acres coverage by May 2025.

These seeds will be planted on the area of RR#2 that we previously cleared with funding through the “Red Cross Community Services Recovery Fund “

Red Cross Community Services Recovery Fund 2023/2024

https://communityservicesrecoveryfund.ca

Funding was used to leverage, strengthen our organizational capacity and develop new approaches to key elements of our operations.

We provided work for our Sc’ianew members while training how to remove invasive species on RR#2
We also taught employees [planting and growing of indigenous plants and trees.
Building of “Public space” open to all with vegetables to pick,grounds to garden in, gazebos to sit in and the chance to gather with family and friends.

This funding allowed us to provide a very substantial financial support for our member and allowed us to build a safe, functioning space to enjoy when needed for the public.We truly gained a lot of experience and continue to grow from what we learned during the process of implementation and reporting of this project and it gave us the jump start we needed to make a large impact within our sc’ianew community and outside.

A BIG **special** thank you to Vancity for the investment in our vision! We share your vision for a resilient economy that works for everyone, aligns people and the planet. We have big plans for 2022!

Jane Goodall Institute of Canada – $700 Used to purchase t-shirts and various supplies for our youth volunteers. We thank you for your generous donation! https://janegoodall.ca/

West Coast Kayak Anglers Series – $400 For training Youth in harvesting and planting of indigenous plants. Thank you Brad Torry & Art Bamford! https://www.westcoastkayakanglerseries.com